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Native American Heritage Month

Each November, celebrate Native American Heritage Month with the Field Museum.

November is Native American Heritage Month. Join us in celebrating the diversity of values, traditions, and languages that make up the rich cultures of Native American communities this month and all year long.

Featured Events

Tlingit Artist James Johnson

The Field Museum is thrilled to announce the acquisition of James Johnson’s Bear Tunic, the winner of four prizes from the 2026 Sealaska Celebration Juried Art Show, including Best of Show.  Join us on Nov. 10 for an evening conversation with James Johnson. 

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Black Hawk Performance Company

On Nov 11, join us in Stanley Field Hall for a performance by the Black Hawk Performance Company, as they seek to honor the ground we dance on, Mother Earth, and the many tribes who have made Illinois their home.

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Recommended exhibitions

Hall

Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories

Floor 1 | Main
Gallery

Pawnee Earth Lodge

Floor 1 | Main
Gallery

Woolly Dogs

Through March 5, 2028

Floor 1 | Main

See Inside Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories

Can't make it to the Museum? Take a walk through Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories in this high-resolution, 360 degree virtual tour!

Experience stories told by Native people of self-determination, resilience, continuity, and the future. Hear from Native American and Indigenous people as they tell their own stories - through words, music, dance, and art. In Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories, we invite you to connect with diverse Native stories and the individuals who share them. Dive deeply into current issues, like threats to Native land and the rights of tribal nations to govern themselves. Celebrate the thriving, modern cultures of today's Native communities.

Select Learning Resources

  • Our Voices, Our Stories

    Listen to Native artists answer the question: Why is it important for us to tell our stories?

    VideoGrades PK-12

  • Native Truths: Come Alive By Nicole Emmons

    Watch the unique animation created for and about the Field Museum's Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories exhibit by animator Nicole Emmons.

    VideoGrades PK-12

  • The Great Bear Hunt, narrated by Karen Ann Hoffman

    Storyteller Karen Ann Hoffman, Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, tells the story of the Great Bear Hunt as she knows the tradition.

    VideoGrades PK-12

Reading List from Chicago Public Library

Books for TeensBooks for Kids

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to the Field Museum staff who volunteered their time with the Native American Heritage Month Planning Committee to organize these programs.